New Zealand sculptor Phil Price will exhibit for the first time at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2019 as the Tourism WA Invited International Artist.
Since 2000, Price has developed a significant international reputation for his wind activated kinetic sculptures. He is regarded as one of the leading kinetic sculptors of his generation, with his work widely acknowledged for its breath taking beauty, evocation of the natural world and extraordinary design.
Phil price, Forbidden Tree, 2017, height 5m
Price is creating a new 7m high kinetic work titled Ipomoea for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe which will surprise and delight audiences from 1 to 18 March overlooking the famous white sands of Cottesloe Beach.
‘It’s been a very enjoyable process the last few months with the development of Ipomoea as a concept and now created as a fully large scale kinetic sculpture. I’ll be very pleased to show this new work to a new audience in such an iconic city beach location,’ said Price who first exhibited outside New Zealand at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi in 2009, where he received the Allens People’s Choice Prize. He has since risen to international prominence creating sculptures for significant private collections globally, including USA, Switzerland, Holland, Austria, Vietnam, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. His works have been acquired or commissioned for major public collections including the City of Aarhus, Denmark, across New Zealand and Australia including the Auckland Viaduct, McClelland Gallery Victoria, the Transfield Collection, Sydney and Canberra International Airport. Phil Price exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus – Denmark in 2009, 2011 and 2013 and at Bondi again in 2003. This year’s Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe will be the first time he has exhibited in Western Australia.
Price will be speaking about his work at a public forum at the Art Gallery of Western Australia at 6pm on Wednesday 27 February. To register
Ipomoea will be on show alongside over 70 sculptures from a broad range of Western Australia and interstate artists, as well as a large gathering of international artists from USA, Israel, China, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Slovakia, Austria, Greece and Andorra.
